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Heliophobia

Glass Knuckle Games · 2018-10-18

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 18, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 18, 2018 (Mac), Oct 18, 2018 (Linux)

Heliophobia is a first-person horror/mystery adventure presented through a surreal, non-linear narrative. You awake on a vacant plane, given only a singular task: kill the one with the initials "J.R.".

83%
positive of 29 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 72% of 18,858 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620182026Week of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Census log

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